Proteophosphoglycan is differentially expressed in sodium stibogluconate-sensitive and resistant Indian clinical isolates of Leishmania donovani

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1175-1184

  Samant, M ^a   Sahasrabuddhe, A A ^a   Singh, N ^a   Gupta, S K ^a   Sundar, S ^b   Dube, A ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Flow cytometry; Leishmania donovani; Proteophosphoglycans; SSG sensitive and resistant clinical isolates; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; PARASITE ANTIBODY; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; DRUG RESISTANCE; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; PROTEOGLYCANS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPLEEN;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 34547465688     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007002569     Document Type: Article

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